CA would have to get really good, really quickly, at desalination if they were an independent nation. That, and they'd have to keep their invaders with CA driver's licenses.
Downside is something a poster pointed out a few days ago. If CA were in charge of CA, it would be a mess. Who knows what horrific groups would end up controlling it,?
Cali would be BK inside a few years as an indi nation.. All the taxes and income gained through their ports as goods from China etc slow into the US would overnight redirect to seatac. Companies would move to US proper to avoid import duties and fees. All goods would now be imports subject to export tariffs and fees etc...
Cali gets free cash from all sorts of taxes on goods entering the US bound for elsewhere... They aren’t part of the US they leave. Cali would be BK in under 20 years at most. It’s a laughable endeavor... But they are free to try... Forget we fought a war about the validity of secession and the secession side lost...
I’ve read articles before arguing that California have proven themselves incapable of independent governance, and should be reduced from Statehood to a provisional territorial status, with military rule from Washington.